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'''Steung Treng''' ({{lang-km|ស្ទឹងត្រែង}}) is a ] (''khaet'') of ] located in the northeast. It borders the provinces of ] to the east, ] and ] to the south and ] and ] to the west. Its northern boundary is Cambodia's international border with ]. The ] river crosses the province roughly through the center.
'''Stung Treng''' ({{lang-km|ស្ទឹងត្រែង}}) is a ] (''khaet'') of ] located in the northeast. It borders the provinces of ] to the east, ] and ] to the south and ] and ] to the west. Its northern boundary is Cambodia's international border with ]. The ] river crosses the province roughly through the center.
Stung Treng was first a part of the Khmer Empire, then the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang and later the Lao kingdom of Champassack. After the Franco-Siamese war of 1893, Stung Treng was administrated by French Lower Laos from 1893-1904. In 1904 the province was traded by French Laos for the exchange for Champassak in French Protectorate of Cambodia which left a small minorities of Laotians in Cambodia.
Owing to its border location and forested mountain areas in the northeast of the province, there was much communist guerrilla activity in Stung Treng during Cambodia's recent past. The insurgency lasted from the Vietnamese infiltration in the 1950s until the late Khmer Rouge years.
Administration
Stung Treng Province's capital is Stung Treng town.
Map of Cambodia highlighting Stung Treng
Cambodia
Stung Treng
